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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-03-31
The Strongest Man on Earth.
Virginia Footlight.l

There is a man on the Carson river, be-
low Dayton, named ANGELA Cordella, who
claims to be the strongest man in the world.
He is an Italian, aged twenty-eight, and
stands five feet ten inches, weighing 1913
pounds. His strength was born with him,
for he had no athletic training. He differs
from other men chiefly in the osseous
structure. Although not of unusual size,
his spinal column is much beyond the ordi-
nary width, and his bones and joints are
made on a similarly large and gener-
erous scale. He has lifted a man of 200
pounds with the middle finger OF his right
hand. The man stood with one foot on
floor. his arms outstretched, his hands
grasped by two persons to steady his body.
Cordella then stopped and placed the third
finger of his right hand under the mans
foot, and, with scarcely any preceptible
effort, raised him to the height of fonr feet
and deposited him on table near at hand.
Once two pow erfull men waylaid Cordella,
with intent to thrash him, but he seized
one in each hand and hammered them to-
gether until life was nearly knocked out
of them.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-03-31
Misery in London.

In his recent pastoral letter Cardinal
Manning says: 1--WE are in third Baby
Ion, as great as Rome. It is the capital of
a christian people. Is its people Christian?
We are responsible for all that is Catholic
scattered in this wilderness of 100000 of
men; and we are debtors to labor with
even more unselfsh love and denial of
self than other men, and that in all work
who suffer, be they ours in faith or not.
They are our brethren; they share the
same sufferings and sorrows. We are
their debtors in all the seven works of
spiritual and of corporal mercy. Upon
multitudes among US there is an uncon-
sciOusness like sleep. They have never
known poverty or want. Their well pro-
vided life is, they think, the lot of all, or
might be, and therefore ought to be, so
that they will not even read or listen.
They do not know the condition Of our
poor, but the fault is their own. Others,
again, there are who know the truth, but
are so confident in their theories of social
science that they give no prompt saliva
ton to those that are not in conformity
with rule. The laws of the moral
world are indeed infexible, because they
are devine; but the state of the moral
world is always abnormal, and to a large
extent immoral. Nevertheless we are
debtors to all men. And hunger and mis-
cry have rights, even in the worst of men.
And we have duties, even to those whom
we may never be able to save. But into
this large field of Christian obligation it is
not necessary to enter now. Only two
words shall he added We have never
sounded the deep sea Of the misery of Lon
don; nor will those soundings be ever
taken until the efforts of official search
be largely helped by the spontaneous
personal service, both of men and women,
devoted to the works of Christian and
human benevOlence"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-03-31
WE ARE CHANGED.

We feel our love has long grown cold,
And yet we dare not own
That, day by day, silent change
Has DER our spirits grown.
We see it, though our eyes the while
Are blinded by our tears;
With words of former tenderness
We strive to mock our fears.
Bot we are changed. We are not one,
As we were once of old.
Oh, would to God that we had died
Before our love grew cold!
We've struggled hard against our fate,
Our hearts still warm to keep,
As way-worn men strive with the cold
That numbs them into sleep.
We have not let one unkind word
The bitter truth reveal;
The world knows not, must never know
What both of us now feel,
That we are changed. We are not one,
AS we were once of old.
Oh, would to God that we had died
Before our love grew cold
Bound like the felon bound of yore,
Unto the lifeless clay,
Linked to love long dead, that shows
Each moment more decay.
In secret we must hug our bonds,
Till death will set us free.
! weep, my wife, to think that /
Have forged these chains for thee
For we are changed. We are not one,
As we were once of old.
Oh, would to God that we had died
Before our love grew cold.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-03-31
GOLIATH AND DAVID.

Goliath poised his mighty spear,
Twas fifty fut in length,
And unto David drawin' near,
He punched wild all his strength.
But David was surprisin' quick,
And sphry upon his pins;
So dodgin nately, wild his sthick
He whacked Goliath's shins.
Wild pain the giant howled and grinned,
And dhrapped both Shield and lance,
To rub his legs the lick had skinned,
Thin David saw his chance.
Takin' brick from out his scrip,
He put it in his Sing,
And, whirlin' it round head and hip,
He let il dhrive full swing.
Right to the mark the dornick flies,
As straight as to a hod;
II shmote the wretch between the eyes
And stretched him on the sod.
Thin David, for to prove him dead,
In sight of all beholders,
Chopped off his unbelaven head
From his blasphamious shoulders.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-03-31
His First Patient.

physician who now stands very high in
his profession tells with great enjoyment Of
his first visit so patient, and its amusing re-
suit: "My diploma and well filled medicine
case and s. in cash comprised my earthly
possessions when landed in B, then q
small, new town in western state.
Renting small, furnished room, printed
my name in bold black letters on piece of
pasteboard, and put it in one of the windows
that opened upon the main street of the
town. Then l was ready for patients. But
the people seemed discouragingly healthy,
and the outlook was not promising.
at was three weeks before l had a call
Then there came to the door an elderly, angu-
lar woman, who asked:
"'Be you the dockP
az am,' replied, looking as wise and dig
nified as a man could who had been called
dock
"She then said that her old man was
'ailin' somewheres,' and asked me to 60 and
discover if 1 could what was the matter Of
him.
"No young recruit ever went forth to bat
tie with greater anxiety than 1 went forth to
meet my first patient. l cannot to this day
account for the nervousness that possessed
me. My knees literally shook as l entered
the room in which my patient lay.
making an effort to look wise, and trying
hard to affect the manner of an experienced
physician, said:
Put out your pulse
"Realizing the mistake / had made, and
magnifying it into a most horrible one, I
made matters worse by saying:
"'No, meant let me feel of your tongue ,
"The sick man, puzzled, and probably
doubtful of my sanity, added to my con-
fusion by asking:
"'What fer'
"'Oh, it was only little slip of the
tongue!' said, with what must have been a
ghastly smile. Are you very sickp
"That's what want you to find outr said
the patient.
"Oh, yes; to be surep I managed to say.
Then went through the usual formula,
gaining little in self-confidence, but was not
greatly elated as you may judge. when tn
man, eying me keenly, said on my de-
parture:
Green hand at the bizness, amt you? I
guess you don't know as much as you think
you do
II did not seem to myself to know as much
as thought did youths Companion.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-03-31
THE JEW ESS.

When Russia was depressing the Jews Joaquin
Miller wrote this ascription to the Jewess. 1t Il
as sweet and stately and tender anything
David sang in the psalms:
My dark -browed daughter of the Sun,
Dear Bedouin of the desert sands,
Sad daughter of the ravished lands,
OF savage Sinai, Babylon
o Egypt-eyed thou art to me
A God-encompassed mystery.
= sas -~<~-A~ss--rssess sss'sh
see a sad Hagar in thy eyes,
The obelisks, the pyramids,
Lie hid beneath thy dropping lids
The tauny Nile of Moses lies >..s
Portrayed in thy strange peoples farce,
And solemn mystery of source.
The black abundance of thy hair
Falls like some sad twilight in June
Above the dying afternoon,
And mourns thy peoples mute despair,
The large solemnity of night,
o Israel is in thy sight.
Then come where stars of freedom spill
Their splendor, Jewess In this land
The same broad hollow of Gods
That held you ever, outholds still,
And whether you be right or nay,
'Tis Gods not Russia's, here to say.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-03-31
An Outlaw Indeed.

A woman who keeps boarding house on
Larned street called at police headquarters
yesterday to complain that a gentleman
boarder had skipped her house, leaving bill
unpaid.
"He owes me about $40 and I want him
caught" she added
"What kind of person was he?' asked the
sergeant.
"Well, the day before he went away he
offered to marry me to settle the bill You
can judge what cheek he has,"
"And you refusedp
sYes-no-no, didn't" she exclaimed as
she blushed clear back to her ears. ut was
all settled that we should be married, and
that's one reason why I'll pursue him to the
ends Of the earth. A man who'll lump q
board bill and a marriage engagement, too,
is an outlaw who should be locked up.n-De
troit Free Press.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-03-31
Helena, Montana, Thursday, March 81, 1887.

husband is quite the opposite Of the Amer
ican practice, and has no advantages that l
can discover On the contrary, it is open to
criticism, for the wife's family is often more
widely known than that Of the husbands, so
that it would frequently be a benefit to him
and her to preserve some reminder of her
origin. This is especially true in aristocratic
Europe, where a name, if it be famous one,
carries great weight with it, and aids in
political and social advancement.
THEODORE STANTON.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-03-31
A Chestnut Turn Over"

The funny man" we do detest
pe9q Ieq no pusls o. pBQ eVs II
Who aims at us his ancient Jest
'Moqemos Z! l1 le5 p. .eqs Msu4 ga
a Joke % so aged stale and hoary-
-pDeI GpB9IIB seQs uIeod sIqI
The same old weary, dreary story
Su!QlIvJ ol slu9o u9l lsq II. .eM AoN
vi now we curious daughters of Eve
NOUS 10 puIE lse9I eql sle5 sqs II
Nhough this latter fact, we deeply grieve)
MoqeIuos lno :! puy L. .sqs lsq noG 3na
~ust stand on our heads point to find
:Mou4 ol lou 4q5no aus SuIqlsmos AZ
Al 'hese comical % lines from tine funny mans"
mind.
ueuoA q ssIIIoM SUulIug a1aua !,
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-03-31
To a Three Cent Piece.

Co. sickly semblance Of silver dime,
Thou worriest me worse than six cent faro
Fit only for token in some fair cline,
Where barters the mode and coins are rare.
half mufiied curse greets thy hybrid face
Whenever men use thee to buy and sell;
Among dollars and cents thou hast no place
Go hang as bang on some dusky belle.
PHILADELPHIA Cali
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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-19
Descent of a Huge Meteoric Stone.

The Gait Gazette of Saturday last narrates
the following: =" DIR. T. V. Goodspeed, a
resident practitioner of this place, reports
that on yesterday morning about o'clock,
as he was returning home from sick call
in the country, he witnessed one of the
strangest phenomenal sights ever recorded
, here. About mile and half south of
Gait he witnessed the fall of a large meteor.
The transient luminous body dropped from
| above like streak of lightning. So rapid
was the fall that the doctor was unable to
locate the direction or course of the meteor.
He says, the very earth trembled when the
strange body lighted on terra firma. The
meteor shot into large slough on the
farm of j. B. Furnish. The doctor was
scarcely quarter of mile distant. He
was driving down the hill directly south
OF the slough. 1t was grand sight the
doctor says, although almost instantane-
ous.' The water splashed hundred feet
high, and when the spray had cleared
away the slough seemed to bubble and siz-
zle as if quantity of molten metal had
been poured into it. A quantity of steam
or vapor was produced that befogged the
slough. The morning was very bright,
however, and the doctor says: After the
slough cleared off little, could perceive
rNAAOUiSh fopOl Ilc
water where the meteor fell. The wind
was blowing toward me and smelled as if
impregnated with some foreign substance,
not unlike the smell of sulphur, and was
very disagreeable.' Many people, curious
to see the aerolite, have visited the slough.
The meteoric stone lies about in the center
of the pond, and from its position we
should think that it was shot in from a
northeasterly direction About six feet of
the stone is visible above water 1t is i'm
possible to estimate the size of it on ac-
count of the marshy nature of the slough.
1t looks as if it were wedge-shape, about
100 feet wide, and there is no telling its
length. The part of the aerolite visible
above water is of dark, grayish color,
with scaley, uneven surface In the
water in the slough, near the stone, is to
be seen brownish blue scum, often no.
ticed in certain mineral springs. The
slough was literally alive with catfish, but
they were all killed, and are now TO be seen
by the thousands floating in the water, and
upon examination they are found to be par
boiled. The water in the slough must
have attained boiling temperature, iudg-
ing from the condition of the dead fish.
No doubt the place will be visited by many
hundred people to-day and tomorrow"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-19

MARVELLOUS Rich QUARTZ The excite
ment at Iowa Hill just at present is all
about the marvellous richness of the quartz
that is being taken from the Eclipse mine.
The ledge was discovered by Mr.. Drum
mond last fall, and is situated about one
and a half miles southeast from Sucker
Flat, between the two forks of Shirttail
Canyon. 1t runs nearly east and west. din
ping little to the south. 1t is crossed by
the Comet ledge, which runs northwest
and southeast. Both are owned by John
Liddell. c. F. Hoffman j. B. Hobson, ".
A. Jones and Mr.. Drummond. The Comet
ledge is twenty inches wide and produces.
so far as prospected in 25-foot tunnel.
good milling rock worth $25 a ton. The
Eclipse ledge is from one foo. to twenty
inches wide, and has shaft on it IS feet
deep. Some of the specimens from this
shaft are literally half gold, and speci-
men. which c. +. Holman saws is a fair
average, weighed two ounces and panned
out SIG 40. Some who have seen it say
that the quartz is worth $40 pound. but
Mr. Hoffman says it is no exaggeration to
say that the rock taken out viii yield an
average of $40 pound. Only three men
are at work in the mine, and they are now
timbering up the shaft. The company has
just built boarding house. They have a
bonanza there even if it only a pocket
Placer County Republican.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-19
Clunie Opera aanse.

Bartholomew Equine Paradox" drew
a good house last night, 1t is remarka-
bic exhibition of intelligence in the horse,
and proves how much may be accomplished
in training that animal by firmness, kind
ness and patience. Mr.. Bartholomew in
PRODUCES twenty animals, but fourteen do
most of the work. They obey the word of
command in marching marvelously, and
go through cavalry maneuvers with the pre-
cission of troop of lancers. They change
gaits at the word, play at ''see- saw" do
some very line leaping, pose in tab
leaux, search for hidden articles, dance,
move in tortuous figures by word
from the audience, engage in mill
tary drill and in a battle scene, distin-
gulsh eolors, play in romps with their
master, and perform many amusing tricks,
all indicating remarkable degree of intel
hgence and great perfection in training.
1t is noticeable that the master seldom
gives them sign, or if he does it is adroitly
concealed from the audience He never
loses his temper with them, seldom applies
the whip, and then but lightly and always
accompanied by firm but kindly word.
They appear to have no fear of him what
ever, and yet are quick to obey his COM
mands. One of the most amusing feats is
W bNCiNC AlOlSCo. al ILLS luey
have been exercised only about four
months, and their effort to play The Last
Rose OF Summer" calls for the exercise of
good deal of fancy by the audience; still
a faint resemblance to the tune can be
traced, and ii is evident that with some
months more of training they cali
be made to ring out tune
fairly well. The horses appear to be,
in the main, ordinary stock and only
two possess any strong claims to beauty as
it is estimated in horsehesh, but their in
telligence and remaI kable trick perform
ances prove that the ordinary horse is
susceptible of very high degree of devel-
opment in performing difficult feats. II is
by all odds the best exhibition of trained
horses yet seen here. Sherman exhibited
more snowy horses, and some that did as
difficult feats; as also did the exhibitor of
trained horses at the Clunie about year
ago, but neither had so many animals
equally well trained, nor did either put
them through so many difficult exercises
The exhibition will be given again this
evening, and tomorrow at P. NJ there will
be matinee, to which children are ad-
mitted for 25 cents
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-19
All Healthy.

A few weeks ago one of General Cosby's
Arizona quail Matched out fourteen little
fellows, al of which throve well. I'm
fortunately, as they became able to fly they
became afflicted with the runaway from
home disease, which IS liable to attack
youths IN this climate, and about half of
them slipped out between the wires of their
house and disappeared doubtless furnish
ing dainty bite for some OF the neigh
bOrhoo2 cats. Those remaining at home
are doing nicely. The old birds may be
somewhat to blame for the loss of the
young ones, as on the glorious Fourth they
escaped from the coop and went out to see
the celebration. 1t happened that during
the day a frecracker or other explosive
burned q hole in the cloth serving as a roof
for the coop and when they returned in
the evening they re-entered their home
through this hole, and next morning
seemed 10 be as satisfied as those young
fellows who manage to get into their rooms
late at night through the window without
arousinc The old folks
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-19
State University Funds.

The Regents of the State University yes
terday withdrew from the State Treasury
$4,000 being the principal of State Capt.
tol bonds. The money was drawn by D.
o. Mills Bank, acting in the capacity OF
agent for Louis Sloss, Treasurer of the
University. The same institution also
withdrew $500, being the principal OF
MERGED county bonds. What are they
going to do with this large amount
of money is question asked
upon every hand. The money is with
drawn on an order issued by the Board of
Regents, signed by their Secretary, J. H. C.
Bonte, and Governor Bartlett, without
passing through the hands of the Control
Ter. This is in. accordance with an Act
passed at the session of the Legislature OF
1888, which allows the Board of Regents
power over the money belonging to the
University, that are not eDioyed by any
| other State institution. Some time ago they
withdrew $40 600, the principal of the Dn.
| pont-street- widening fund, making a grand
| total of $179,500. The State Treasurer has
to notify the Controller of these large drafts
and get credit on his books. 1t is a peculiar
law that makes one public institution indie
pendent of the general law, and the Board
of Regents higher in authority than State
| officials. The money is said to have been
drawn to be invested.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-19
CHANGED HIS COLOR.
Amusing Incident in Connection With tt
Capital Explosion.

4
The gas explosion at the State Capitol on
Saturday that so seriously injured ]. F.
Clark, was not without its funny phases.
Mr.. Barber, colored gentleman employed
IN the office of the Governor, has been in
the habit each afternoon of taking a
"siesta " in one of the large arm chairs in
the Senate chamber. Saturday afternoon
he was very much fatigued from the
severity of his arduous mental labors. and
at the time of the explosion he was imme-
diately above it, curled up in large plush
armchair Morpheus claimed him for his
own, and the sweet sleeper was dreaming
that the Gubernatorial mantle had COM
pletely enveloped him. He was lust in
the act of issuing an order to restore to
Mexico the flags captured in the con-
quest of California, when zip boom
bang he was thrown about six feet in
the air and alighted on all fours several
feet distant. Such sudden and violent
awakening, from such a pleasant and
peaceful slumber, was too much for Mr..
BARRIERS nervous system. He rallied
enough to reach the head of the stairway.
tumbled down in an entirely original and
acrobatlc manner, rushed into the Office of
the Governor, and exclaimed: "Massa
hanuolpn. 10 dc LORD, de worlds coming
to an end!' Mr.. Randolph thought SO, too,
for the fright had completely changed Mr..
BARRIERS complexion. He no longer was a
"gemmen of color" but stood forth full
tiedged white man." His eyes, SO Ran
dolph says, protruded some eighteen
inches, and it was one of the
most wonderful cases of elongated
optics ever witnessed. When the matter
was fully explained to Mr.. Barber he sat
down, and quietly said; well, 1 thought
| was climbing the golden stairs for sure"
The other boys in the Office laughed at his
fright, told him he had tumbled down
stairs at the imminent risk of breaking his
neck. and if he could get box of the
Sapolio that had changed his color, he
could make fortune by selling it to his
colored brethren. Mr.. Barber, as he gets
over his fright, is regaining his color, and
the workings of the office of the Chief
Executive will proceed with its accustomed
promptness. 1t is said that during the
time that Barber was a white man his good
looks were the envy of both Maslin and
Randolph. If his change of color had re-
manned permanent, no doubt those two
worthless would have insisted upon his
resignation.